What's up HCF...I just replaced my stock exhaust system with a yonaka catback exhaust and now I am having a lot of white smoke coming from my tail pipe..I also installed a short ram air intake...I dont know if this is normal...all the research I have found says that its a blown head but it wasn't untill I installed my new parts that the smoke began...can any one steer me in the right direction on this??

 

White smoke is steam;do a compression test.

 

Would the steam have anything to do with the new parts I installed??...what causes the steam???

 

No it wouldn't have anything to do with the parts you installed but sometimes things happen by coincidence. Another test of the head gasket is to start the engine (cold) with the radiator cap off and watch for bubbles in the radiator when you rev it.

 

Thanks for the info...but yeah that's what's throwing me off is that I didn't have any issues before hand and after I installed the parts it comes up..ill test the head..any other things I should consider??...I kinda figured since it was a new system straight from the factory that I just need to put a few miles on it..